Three Graces Wall Relief

From The Louvre Museum, Paris. 100 B.C.

The beautiful sister Goddesses who attended Aphrodite, the Goddess of love, were personifications of grace and beauty captured in The Three Graces Wall Relief. They were known to spread the joy of nature as habitants of Mt. Olympus.

Their names, number and parentage vary, but they are generally said to be three sisters named Euphrosyne, who represented jollity, Thalia identified with abundance, and Aglaea, a representation of splendor. They are daughters of Zeus and Eurynome or Hera.

The Three Graces influenced artists through the ages and were often depicted in sculpture and vase paintings by the ancient Greeks, in Roman wall paintings at Pompeii, in Botticelli's allegorical painting known as Springtime, and in a marble statue carved by Canova. In art they are frequently represented as naked girls with their hands on each other's shoulders, the two outer figures looking one way and the middle one looking the other.

This attractive wall relief depicting the Three Graces is sure to bring an air of sophisticated, sensual elegance to any home.